Gold bracelet with amethyst and pearls, England, awarded for nursing in India, 1857-1860

The back of this amethyst and pearl bracelet has the following inscription:
“Presented to Levinia Martin by the wounded Soldiers, for her attendance on them in the Hospital at Lucknow, during a Siege of five months, 1857.”
The siege of Lucknow was a key episode in the Indian Mutiny, the ultimately unsuccessful uprising against British rule which occurred during 1857-1858.